Intelligence Bureau Examination
General Awareness Paper

Assistant Central Intelligence Officer

Q.1.At which point of Earth there is no gravity?

• At North and South Pole
• At equator
• On the ocean surface
• At center of the Earth

Q.2..What is the main Chemical component of Vinegar?

• Acetic acid
• Citric Acid
• Tartaric acid
• Nitric acid

Q.3.Which gas is released from paddy fields?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Ammonia
• Hydrogen Sulphide

Q.4.Which of these is not a micro nutrient essential for plant growth and health?

• Manganese
• Iodine
• Boron
• Zinc

Q.5.Who among the following four is the odd man out?

• Abanindranath Tagore
• J S Swaminathan
• Akbar Padamsee
• Javed Ahhtar

Q.6.In the last one decade, which among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India?

• Computer hardware and software
• Services sector
• Automobile sector
• Telecommunication

Q.7.What is the estimated size of Indian economy for 2012-13 (GDP in US Dollars).

• one trillion
• two trillion
• three trillion
• four trillion

Q.8.What percentage of India’s GDP in 2011-12 was contributed by Agriculture and allied sectors.

• 20%
• 14%-Answer
• 54%
• 34%

Q.9.What was India’s crude import bill (in US Dollars) in 2011.12 and its percentile share total imports?

• $150 billion, 32%
• $56 billion, 26%
• $475 billions, 80%
• $250 billion,51%

Q.10.In which country is the Great Victoria Desert located?

• Namibia
• Argentina
• Mongolia
• Australia

Q.11.Which of the following is not caused by movement of tectonic plates?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanic eruptions
• Ocean current
• Oceanic trench formation

Q.12.Which of the following is not a “greenhouse gas”(GHG)?

• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Water vapour
• Methane

Q.13.Which of the following is the basic structural and functional unit of a kidney?

• Lymphocyte
• Nephron
• Lobule
• Neuron

Q.14.German Silver is an alloy of?

• Copper, Zinc and Nickel
• Silver, Copper and Carbon
• Silver, Zinc and Aluminium
• Aluminium, Zinc and Cobalt

Q.15.Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificial rains)?

• Magnesium hydroxide
• Potassium Chloride
• Silver iodide-Answer
• Zinc Sulphate

Q.16.A Theodolite is used for measuring

• oceanic temperature variation
• celestial distances
• river water flow
• angles in horizontal and vertical planes

Q.17.Which of the following is not a Jovian planet (gaseous planet) in the Solar system?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Venus
• Neptune

Q.18.Which is the only internal organ of human body capable of regenerating its lost tissues?

• Lungs
• Kidney
• Liver
• Brain

Q.19.What is meant by Sulphur Shower?

• Sulphuric acid rain due to air pollution
• Shower of yellow pollen from conifers in spring
• An industrial process to treat porcelain with Sulphuric acid
• Release of hydrogen sulphide from industries

Q.20.Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?

• Android OS
• BlackBerry OS
• Apple i OS
• Nokia S40 OS

Q.21.Alteration of consciousness during deep sea diving is known as

• Raptures of the deep
• Martini Effect
• Nitrogen Narcosis
• All the three

Q.22.The gases used in normal welding process are

• Oxygen and Hydrogen
• Oxygen, Hydrogen and Acetylene
• Acetylene and Nitrogen
• Oxygen and Acetylene

Q.23.Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

• Bartolomeu Dias
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Columbus
• James cook

Q.24.Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim Caliphates at around 1000 AD. While northwestern Africa (essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were ruled by the Umayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what is now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?

• Hafsid
• Idrisid
• Fatimid 
• Aghlabid

Q.25.Who founded the “Young Italy” movement, the anchor organization behind the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century?

• Count Cavour
• Garibaldi
• Giuseppe Mazzini
• Red Shirts

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